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> separate legitimate issues from psychosomatic ones I know what you are trying to say, but phrasing it like this is harmful. Psychosomatic issues are absolute
by srinivgp 6y ago
> separate legitimate issues from psychosomatic ones
I know what you are trying to say, but phrasing it like this is harmful. Psychosomatic issues are absolutely legitimate. Knowing it's psychosomatic means there may be other avenues of addressing it than if it wasn't, but calling the issues "not legitimate" is very problematic, akin to telling someone with depression "just think happy thoughts".
- malandrew 6y agoYeah, that was poor word choice. I guess I was going for issues actually caused by the disease and not issues that are self inflicted or inflicted by society's response to the disease.